[Python-Dev] Re: Trinary Operators

[Guido van Rossum]

> Um.  That's a tough bar, particularly given that some people are in
> favor of a ternary operator, but only if it has a "reasonable" syntax.
> I'm going to want separate votes for "should there be a ternary
> operator?" and "what syntax should it have?"  If there's a clear
> majority for the first part, but not the second part, I'd like instead
> of being rejected forever, to be put on hold for a minimum of a year.

I think you can't separate the two votes so easily.  If I vote for a
ternary operator, but then something with an ugly syntax wins the
design contest, I may wish I had voted against in the first place.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)